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Transformation Mapping

In many cases, you can use MOXy's transformation mapping (@XmlTransformation) to map an unmapple object in JAXB.

For example, if you wanted to map the following XML to objects and combine the values of DATE and TIME into a single java.util.Date object, you can use a transformation mapping. 

<ELEM_B>
    <B_DATE>20100825</B_DATE>
    <B_TIME>153000</B_TIME>
    <NUM>123</NUM>
    <C_DATE>20100825</C_DATE>
    <C_TIME>154500</C_TIME>
</ELEM_B>

Note: Ordinarily, you would use @XmlAdapter. However:

  • Although the DATE/TIME pairings are repeated throughout the document, the element name changes each time (such as B_DATE/B_TIME, C_DATE/C_TIME, and so on).
  • Because each pairing is missing a grouping element, you would need to adapt the entire ElemB class.

Because of these issues, MOXy's transformation mapping is much easier to implement: 

 
import java.util.Date;
 
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlElement;
import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
 
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlReadTransformer;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlTransformation;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlWriteTransformer;
import org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations.XmlWriteTransformers;
 
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@XmlRootElement(name="ELEM_B")
public class ElemB {
 
    @XmlReadTransformer(transformerClass=DateAttributeTransformer.class)
    @XmlWriteTransformers({
        @XmlWriteTransformer(xmlPath="B_DATE/text()", transformerClass=DateFieldTransformer.class),
        @XmlWriteTransformer(xmlPath="B_TIME/text()", transformerClass=TimeFieldTransformer.class),
    })
    private Date bDate;
 
    @XmlElement(name="NUM")
    private int num;
 
    @XmlReadTransformer(transformerClass=DateAttributeTransformer.class)
    @XmlWriteTransformers({
        @XmlWriteTransformer(xmlPath="C_DATE/text()", transformerClass=DateFieldTransformer.class),
        @XmlWriteTransformer(xmlPath="C_TIME/text()", transformerClass=TimeFieldTransformer.class),
    })
    private Date cDate;
 
}


XML Read Transformer

Use an XML read transformer to constructing the object value from XML, as shown here: 

 
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 
import org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.DatabaseField;
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractTransformationMapping;
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.AttributeTransformer;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Record;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Session;
 
public class DateAttributeTransformer implements AttributeTransformer {
 
    private AbstractTransformationMapping mapping;
    private SimpleDateFormat yyyyMMddHHmmss = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
 
    public void initialize(AbstractTransformationMapping mapping) {
        this.mapping = mapping;
    }
 
    public Object buildAttributeValue(Record record, Object instance, Session session) {
        try {
            String dateString = null;
            String timeString = null;
 
            for(DatabaseField field : mapping.getFields()) {
                if(field.getName().contains("DATE")) {
                    dateString = (String) record.get(field);
                } else {
                    timeString = (String) record.get(field);
                }
            }
            return yyyyMMddHHmmss.parseObject(dateString + timeString);
        } catch(ParseException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }
 
}

XML Write Transformer(s)

Use an XML write transformer to constructing an XML value from the object.

Each transformation mapping may have multiple write transformers. In this example, you will need two:For this example we will *The first XML write transformer writes the year, month, and day in yyMMdd format. 

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractTransformationMapping;
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.FieldTransformer;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Session;
 
public class DateFieldTransformer implements FieldTransformer {
 
    private AbstractTransformationMapping mapping;
    private SimpleDateFormat yyyyMMdd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
 
    public void initialize(AbstractTransformationMapping mapping) {
        this.mapping = mapping;
    }
 
    public Object buildFieldValue(Object instance, String xPath, Session session) {
        Date date = (Date) mapping.getAttributeValueFromObject(instance);
        return yyyyMMdd.format(date);
    }
 
}


  • The second XML write transformer writes out the hour, minutes, and seconds in HHmmss format.
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation.AbstractTransformationMapping;
import org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers.FieldTransformer;
import org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.Session;
 
public class TimeFieldTransformer implements FieldTransformer {
 
    private AbstractTransformationMapping mapping;
    private SimpleDateFormat HHmmss = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmmss");
 
    public void initialize(AbstractTransformationMapping mapping) {
        this.mapping = mapping;
    }
 
    public Object buildFieldValue(Object instance, String xPath, Session session) {
        Date date = (Date) mapping.getAttributeValueFromObject(instance);
        return HHmmss.format(date);
    }
 
}

jaxb.properties

To use the MOXy JAXB implementation, add a jaxb.properties file in which your model classes with the following entry:

javax.xml.bind.context.factory=org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextFactory

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